A trip to Australia offering endless variety of variations – spending your time in Sydney, making an exciting trip to the Outback or a number of Australian states in many wineries . Australia is a big country, and unless it is spent for months, you have to make certain choices about how to spend time. To help you, here are some books in Australia – five novels depicting different aspects of Australian life and history.
"The Secret River" Kate Grenville
The story comes from Australia's origins, William Thornbill and his wife Sal from London in the early 1800's New South Wales new Colonial settlement. For a while in Sydney (it's very different from today's Sydney!) They decide to try their fortune in lands where Will watched the eye along Hawkesbury River. The challenges faced by their environment, local natives and settlers remind us of the hardness of the country for those who have chosen to give home. There are wonderful descriptions of the landscape seen by an outsider, and the books give "warts and everything" the impact of the settlement on Australian indigenous peoples.
"The City Like Alice" Neville Shute
While the first part of the novel is in the Malay jungle during World War II, a story follows a story that will take you to Australia. If you want to know what life was like in a small peripheral city (rather a village indeed) in the 1940s and 50s, then this novel is a good idea. The hardness of the landscape and the incredible distances fall, as Mrs. Jean Paget's English woman travels to the heart of Australia to find the man she met while the Japanese were captured in Malay. Language and attitudes, especially for Australian natives, are true to their time and should be considered. But this is a good indication of the realities of rural Australian life, which still has a strong cultural impact on Australians. Tim Winton's "soul"
From the desert to the sea, this novel is one of Australia's most respected writers. This novel is located in the south-western corner of Australia, where the area was more of a logging industry than today's tourists and vineyards. It was set in the 70's, an early story about teenagers Bruce while trying to overcome the boredom of rural life with high-risk activities – such as surfing the dangerous and deadly beach Dark friendship with an older woman. As Bruce starts to grow, both emotionally and sexually, we deal with the most poetic and enjoyable descriptions you'll ever find surfing the "religion". And you will feel like you've discovered the rough and beautiful beach of this part of the country. Peter Temple
Peter Temple is one of Australia's leading criminals, and this novel presents Jack Irish's hero. – a downtown Melbourne lawyer who loves Australian rules, gambling, and part-time. This is winter in Melbourne with full rain, pubs and shady underworld. It has been hard for the Irish for years since one of her dodgy clients murdered her and Danny, another former client, needs her help. But when Danny is killed, the Irish discovers that there are plenty of political elites in the city who want the past to remain undisturbed and determined to reach the truth. The novels of the church can not give "days and sand," but they will be so much Australian Australian vocabulary and urban subculture as much as you can handle. Malcolm Knox "Summerland" ]
And finally Sydney and a novel revealing the city's idle rich life. He was a friend of four young Sydneysiders because they were teenagers and lived along the northern shores of the city, their world on their feet. They form two couples and spend every Christmas in Palm Beach, a favorite resort for the rich. But despite these, their friendships are based on lies as Richard realizes when he finds out the long-term relationship between his wife and his best friend. If you want to gain insight into the privileged lives of some people in Sydney, then this novel will take you there.
These novels are just a taste of Australian books, but it's worth reading by traveling or by plane. By enticing yourself into a novel from the place you are going to do not only give you insight into the place, but absorb your travels and make it more enjoyable when you get there.